Overview
- Purported videos show a large explosion and fire at the Zuivska plant following what appears to be a projectile impact.
- Ukraine's military has not commented, and the weapon type, extent of damage, and any casualties remain unknown.
- The facility has been a contested target since 2014, reflecting a renewed focus on disabling energy sites to strain wartime capacity.
- Kyiv has intensified long-range strikes on Russian energy infrastructure using domestically developed drones, with Novaya Gazeta Europe attributing 467 Russian outages in 2025 to such attacks.
- Moscow has escalated barrages on Ukrainian power assets, including a Nov. 8 assault described by Ukraine's then–energy minister as one of the largest ballistic attacks on energy facilities since 2022, prompting hours of emergency blackouts.